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The focus in this book is mainly on the films of Gene Autry, William Boyd, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, Charles Starrett and Johnny Mack Brown.
Here's a feast for fans of Hollywood's Classic Westerns. To my surprise, however, one reviewer complained that I concentrated on films that were "obscure" and that he was "never likely" to have an opportunity to see. Well, you learn by your mistakes. I did originally intend to provide all the DVD details, but at the last moment I changed my mind and decided against free plugs. That was a bad error which will be corrected in future books. True, I did include some movies shown on cable TV that are yet officially available on DVD. Opening the book at random to the letter, "H", we find "Heart of Arizona", "Heart of the Golden West", "Hidden Gold" (which includes a complete summary with cast details of all 66 movies in the Hopalong Cassidy series), "Hills of Old Wyoming", "Home in Wyomin'", "Hopalong Rides Again" and "How the West Was Won". Every one of these movies was issued on DVD, and, as far as I know, they are all still available. So, let's move on to "In Old Oklahoma", which is available under its re-issue title, "War of the Wildcats". Next is "The Iroquois Trail". I'm not sure about that one. It was on sale some years ago and I think it can still be purchased in one of the multiple-movie packs. "Jubilee Trail" is certainly available. So is "Kansas Pacific". However, "The Kid from Santa Fe" was one I saw on cable TV. A totally inept Jack Randall effort for Monogram in 1940, let's all hope this one is NOT available on a DVD disc.
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